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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRtBUNIfl. MM DM UP, OR WO ON. MONDAY: ,)ANlTAUV, 21, 19.10. THE PERFUME OF THE LADY 1H BLACK Ily (.ASTON' liUllOl'X, Author of "The Mystery of I tlio Yellow Itoom." CopyrlKlit, lO0, by llretnno's CHAPTER XVII. The Return of Arthur Rancc. HI? weapon belonged to Prince Unlltch. but there was no doubt In the mind of any one of us that It hud been stolen by Uld T Bob. nnd we could not forget that with his latest breath Dernier had ac- cused Larsau of being his assassin Never had the Image of Old Bob and that of Larsan been so Inextricably confounded In our restless spirits as since ltouletabllle had found "the old- est dagger known to tbe human race" dripping with the blood of Uernlcr Mme. Edith had at once realized that henceforth the fate of Old Bob lay In the hands of ltouletabllle. Aud there fore Mme. Edith, who In her tlllal af fection bad not ceased to believe that the man wbo lay on bis bed In the square tower was really her uncle, had begun to Imagine, thanks to the bloody weapon, that the Invisible Lar sau had woven so strong u web of cir cumstantial evldenee around Old Bob that It could scarcely be broken wkb the design doubtless of making the old man suffer tbe punishment for the wretch's own crimes aud also the dangerous weight of his personality. Mme. Edith trembled for Old Bob and for bersett. I And the Incriminating fact remained I that there had been nothing- anywhere j around the corpse of Bcmier but the , ctone knife which Old Bob had stolen! ! She read tbe certainty of this con- j fiction In the eyes and In the manner of Rouletnblllc and of Darzac. But 1 she understood a,soon as the young i man began speaking that be seemed to have no other end In view than to save Old Bob from the suspicions of i tbe authorities Rouletabtlic ai .ivii. his evidence proved with a logical accuracy that ! overwhelmed the examining magls- j trate and pluneed the delegato Into I despair that the deed could only have j been committed by tbe dead man himself. The four persons at the pestern gate and the two persons In Old Bob's room bad each been look ing at the others nnd had not lost sight of each other while some one ' was killing Bernier a few steps away. , so it was Impossible to believe that j the killing could have been done by j any other than the victim. ' To this tbe vxaming magistrate. greatly interested, replied by Imjulr- , Ing whether any of us had reason to suspect any motive for suicide on the J part of Bernier. to which Houletabllle answered that tbe supposition of sul- i clde might easily be laid nside and that of accident substituted for It. The stone, which might have attract ed his attention by Its strange form, might have been picked up by Fere Bernier. and if be bad happened to slip and fall while holding It In bis hand everything would be explained, and very simply. Pere Bernier un doubtedly must have thus unfortu nately fallen upon this triangular Hint, which had pierced his heart. One of the physicians summoned to care for Old Bob was called, and he decided that Bernler's fatal wound was caused by the flint. As to Mme. Edith and myself, after some futile and useless questions, ask ed while tbe doctors were at the bed side of Old Bob. we wore allowed to leave the room, and we went to sit in tbe little parlor Just outside tbe bed room and were there when the magis trates were ready to depart. -Edith suddenly seized me by the. band and cried out: "Do not leave me! I beg of you don't leave me! I have only you left. I do not know where 1'rlnce Ualltch la-I do not know anything about my husband. That Is what makes this so horrible. Arthur sent me a message saying that be was going In search of Tulllo. lie does not know even yet that lie ruler has been murdered. lias he found the 'hungraun of the sea?' la It from this man from Tulllo uow that I expect the truth! And not a word 1ms come! It Is horrible!" As she took my baud so contldlngly nnd held It for a moment In her own 1 felt that I was for Mme. Edith with ull my heart aud soul, uud 1 assured her that she might rely upon my devo tion. ltouletabllle never failed to cast a glance In our direction every time be had the opportunity. "Ah, he Is wutchbig us!" exclaimed Mme. Edith. "You ought to be grateful to ltou letabllle," 1 ventured to remind her, "for his intervention and his silence relative to the 'oldest knife known to the human race.' If the officers had learned that this stone dagger be longed to your uncle Bob, what could huve hindered them from placing blm under arrest?" "Oh!" she cried bitterly. "Your friend has ns many good reasons to keep silence as 1 have, and I dread only one thing. M. Balnclair I dread only rue thing," "Ami what Is that?" "I fear lest he has saved my uncle from the authorities only to ruin him more completely. At all events. It is mressary to be reudy for anything, and 1 know how to defend blm so long as I draw broutn." And sue anowec tae a tiny revolver which was hidden In her gown. "Is It actual truth tlmt you nro ready to defend me?" she demanded. 1 tunmiK tier bountiful eyes full upou llli OWU. f "I iiiu ready." x "Aptlunt your frloml ovenl" "If It should be necessary," I an- awcml. with a 8.Kh. my hand across my forehead. "Very wells I believe you," she an swered. "In that case I will leave you here for a few minutes. You will ! guard this door for mo." And she pointed to, the door behind which Old ltul was resting. Then she ran out of the room. Where was she going She confessed to me later. She was going to look for Prince Ua lltch. Oh. woman, womau! She bad scarcely disappeared under the arch when Houletabllle and M. Darzac entered the room. They bad heard all that bad pushed, ltouletabllle advuucvd to my side and told me quietly that he was aware that, 1 had betrayed htm. "You are using a Urge word. Uoule- j tublllo:' t exclaimed. "You know that I mu uot lo the habit of betraying any one. Mme. Edith Is really very much to be pitied, uud you do uot pity her ! enough, my friend." -Ah, well, you pity her too much." 1 started to make some reply, but ltouletabllle cut short my words with j n dry gesture. l nsb vou oniv one thinc-unlr one. " you understand, it Is that, no matter what may happen-no matter what may happen may happen you shall not address one word to either M Darzac or to my self." "That will be a very easy thing to promise." I replied, foolishly Irritated, and I turned my back Uxin him. But at the same momcut the officers coming out of the castle called to us. The Inquest wns nt an end. There was no doubt. Iu their eyes, after the dci-larutlot) of the doctors, that the af fair had beeu an uccldent. and that was the verdict which they felt obliged to render. Darzac and ltouletabllle accompanied them to the outer gate. As I stood leaning on my elbows at the window I utldenly heard a sound which fell iiK)ii the evening air like the blow of an Immense gong, and I knew that It was ltouletabllle who had ordered the Iron gates to be closed. ALL THREE WERE ARMED WITH SELVES IN SILENCE .Not a single uiluuie punned aftei that when 1 saw Mme Edith rush lnr- the room and hurry to iue as though i were her only refuge. Then I saw Darzac appear, then (ton letabllle. and lennln; " u w : tbe Lady In Hlack, It could now very easily be seen that she was making a powerful effort to bide the horror which In spite of all. pierced through her troubled glauce aud to hide from us the emotion which made her cling feverishly to the arm of her young compaulon. Darzac, too, bad the som ber and resolute mien of a Judge. But that which most of all added to our surprise and uffrtght was the entrance of Fere Jaeiiucs, Walter ami Muttonl Into the square tower. All three were armed with muskets and placed them selves in silence before the door, where they stixxl with military precision while they received from the lips ot I Itonletabllle the order to let no person go out from the old chateau. Kdlih wus overwhelmed with terror ami de manded ot Mattoul aud Walter, both of whom were greatly attached to her what their presence signified and what their weapons threatened: but. to my great astuiikdimcut. they returned u auswer. Then the little woman rushed to the door which gave access to Old Uob'u room. uud. extending her two arms across tbe threshold us It to bur tbe passage, she cried: i'What ure you golog to do? You do uot menu to kill him?" , "No. madame." replied Houletabllle gravely. "We ure going to Judge blm And In order to be sure thut the Judges shall not be executioners we are ull going to swear upou the body of Fere Beruler after having mid down our arms thut each of us will keep guard over himself." And he led us Into the chamber where Mere Hurnler continued to groan beside tbe bier of her sjWusc. There wo luld aside our revolvers uud took tbe oath which ltouletabllle ex acted. The oath huvltig been taken, Rou letublUe, with the Lady iu Hlack still on his arm w.cnt from tho funereal chnuibiT Into the corridor, but Instead of directing our tr)a towurd the apartment of Old Hob, as wo expected hi in to do, he went straight to the door which afforded eiit ,in t the elunnber of "the body too u my " nud. drawlUK from his iocket I te itt'lo of whleh Mme kiV hV , jpv 'mil im iv.'vi. We were all astonished In entering the rooms which had been occupied by M. and Mme. Dantae to see upon M. Uarxac's desk the drawing board, the wash drawing upon which our friend had worked at the side of Old uuo iu me imin u. Vlflv (JtHlljn Mice I.n. I Court of the Hold and also the little MCKbHUhO. .Mtss., Jan. -1.-dlsh full of red paint and the tiny Heroically refusing to roveail tlio brush drenched with the paint. And. , combination of a pafu to station roll lastlv. In the middle of the desk there hers, George Hurdotto, ti ear tagger, was placet!, appearing very mucn si Its ease, upon Its bloody Jaws, "the oldest skull of humanity." Houletabllle locked and bolted the door and said to affected, while we listened wltu stupe factiou: "Sit dowu. If you please, ladles and gentlemen. "You will acknowledge." began ltou letabllle. "that there Is hero around this table one chair too many and In conseouence one person too few to particularize. M. Arthur Banco. forfaj04j to move tlio ear tagger, whom we cannot wait much longer. "Perhaps at this very moment ray , . . ,,-.., nl. h':rved v,r Bobs Innocence. observed -Mme. Edith, whom all these preparations had disturbed more than any oueclse. "I eutreat Mme. Darzac to Join me In Imploring these gentlemen to do noth ing uulll Arthur's return." The Lady In Black had no opportu nity fb intervene, for before Mme. Edith finished speaking we beard a loud noise outside the door of the cor ridor. A knock came ut the door, and we heard the volee of Arthur Uunee begging us to open Immediately, lie cried: "t have brought the pin with the ruby headr' ltouletabllle opened tbe door. "Arthur Bailee, you are come then at last!" be exclaimed. Edith's husband seemed plunged In the deepest melancholy. "Whiu have you to tell me? What MUSKETS AND PLACED THEM- I BEFORE THE DOOR. bus happened? Sum? new uuti-. ,.( Ab. I fear.d so- feared that I hail ar rived loo late when I saw the Iron gate cle-ei inl heard the pru.icr for the oe.iu i-huiiicd In tbe tower, lex. 1 knew that you hail executed f ltd Holt." I.iiuit-liinilie won Uuu i'Io.mm and bolted the disir behind Arthur liauce. turned to the American nud said: "Old Mob Is nllve. anil I'ere iteruler Is dead (te seated, monsieur.' Itan. e stared at Me speaker In ninazcuiciii. 1 1 1 1 1 nxiueu lu t-npr;crusi-tlou ut the drawing beard the (dull of paint and the tiioody skull and de manded: "Who killed him?" Then, condescending to tiotlee that bis wife wus there, he pressed her band, but lilt eyes were tixed upon the Ludy In lilack. "Before his death Bernier accuned Frederic Larson." answered M. Dur zac. "Do you meuii to say by that that he accused Old Bob?" Interrupted tUnt: L t imd some doubt Un" gard to. the personality of our beloved uncle. but I tell you that I have tho llns ior uv uepariuro nui omj. ruby headed pin." I "If wo fail to got to tho south polo i tho first year," said Captnin Scott, (To bo continued.) I "nnd if wo fail tho socond year wo jsliall try tho third. In fnct, wo bIwiII IDAHO PRODUCES OVER &"ono?" Uier "" $15,000,000 IN MINERALS j Tho English treasury dopartmont'8 cnm,,vr r , , . announcement that parliament will SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 24. P. bo nske(j lo vo,0 $100,000 in tho ox- Cushing Moore, stato mino inspector j pedition's aid removes tho last vest of Idaho, will say in his forthcoming- p'go of finnncial difficulty and makes annual report that the mineral pro-l11 absolutely certain that Captain ... .soott and his followers will hnvo no duction in that stnto amounted to'. . , . , , frn, v nnnn , , . . i trouble in getting away from -PjIik-$15,000,000 in 1000, n gain of about , jan( y w ot juiy nB orig- $250,000 ovor 1008. Theso figures inally planned. do not include tho output of tho Tho explorers expect to hnvo tho many smaller properties or placers. complotcst nnd most modern crjuip- Thoro wore 10 fatuities of n total of !"cnt ovRor t.nlfon 'r,t. lhou?,(,ll,fn T .... , , ., . , , ions. Special attention will ho du- 0000 mn employed, tho rate boing votcd to tho choico of photographic 3,33 por tholisund men, bolioved to apparatus and wireless telegraph in- bo n remarkablo showing, strumonts. FAITHFUL EMPLOYEE IS TIED TO TRACKS Rofuslnn to Give Combination of Safe to Robbers Ho Is Left to Die AqciI Ncn.ro Saves Him. i i was tied to the track and lolt to his fato, early today, Hurdotto was res cued from tlio path of nn approach- illi, tfflitt Kv mi mvtiil nm,r,i llwi tint. .rowly escaped oeing run down by the . l.liilM locomotive tHUUUlll't 111 IIIU VI1IUUJ of the Yncoo nnd Mississippi Valley railroad wns nlono iu the station when two whito men entered. Ho found himself looking into the muzzle of n revolver and was ordered to toll the combination of the safe. Threats a,,.! t,i r.,fn !, ),.,.- . . . . . ,, ...... , ..... ..... v-iiiiivu iiiiu hi iiiu iiiiert iiiiii nuu nun to the rails with bis own belt, necktie ... i-. and shirt. Hurdette remained in his helpless condition for some, time, knowing that meanwhile ti train was due. Frtqtiently ho cried for help and struggled to relenso himself. Ho be enmo frantic, however, when lie heard tho rumble of nn approaching train The darkness began to diminish in tlio glnro of an engine's headlight. About that time, nn old negro jan itor nrived nt the station. - Hu heard the cries for help nnd began a senreh Just before the train enmn up the negro found Rurdetto and draggei' him from the track ns the ears went by. Although suffering from nervous collapse, nurdctte was able to give the authorities a description of the Men nnd they probably will lie cap tured. " FRONT STREET IN UPROAR ' OVER WORMY APPLES PORTLAND. Jan. 2 4.- Millard 0 Lownsdale of ti e state board of hor ticulture has stirred up a hornets' nest along Front street that will like ly result In an Investigation of fruit Inspection. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Lownsdale condomned somo apples consigned to Frank Templeton, a Front street com- mission man. Mr. Templeton clalnu 'that tho fruit official has had o ' grudgo against him slnco last summer when one of the men employed by l the commission houso "spoko back" to Mr. Lownsdale, not knowing that tho latter was an official and had the power to condemn fruit. Whllo no dofenso Is mndo by the 'commission houso that tho fruit con demned wns sufficiently good to pass inspection, it Is stated by others that somo of tho fruit "oiled" did not con jtaln worms. What really makes Front streot sore nt the action of tho fruit official j Is that whllo condemning fruit of oth er growers, Mr. Lownsdalo himself Is (tho shipper of apples to tho wholesale , district that woro wormy. Somo Ben Davis apples displayed by Bon Levy & Co. in front of tho commission houso on Front street wore wormy; this fact being attested to by former Fruit Inspector Baum, who was on tho street this morning. "I found a box of Mr. Lownsdalo's apples when I was Inspector," says Richard Dolch, a former Inspector, "but thero was not enough of thorn to ralso any row about.- It Is tho poor trashy npplos that hnvo hurt the prices for good fruit along Front street nnd an offort will bo mado hereafter to conflscato any undeslrablo fruit found In tho whole sale district no matter to whom It bo longs. SCOTT AND PARTY TO GO AFTER SOUTH POLE LONDON, Jan. 24. That tho i British polar exploration oxpodition to the Antarctic circlo will remain awiiy in(ofinjtoiy wns indicated by "tni S.Cott' h i1!0".' o w superintending preparn- EIFERT PRESIDES AS BOES ADOPT SLOGAN . POLICE JUDGE NOW "NO MEAT FOR US" Uurliin Absence of Mayor Cnnon W. International Amnlnaniatlon of Perl W. Elfcrt Will Act ns Police Judyo pntotlc Pnupors Gather In Con With Recorder Tclfer Associate. volition In Clilcnno. Tito police couil of this city is now presided over by uu noting judge and an associate. The ttmeudmvnt to tbu uhnrtur adopted nt tho Into election making the mayor judgo of tlio polleo court, and creating tho office of police judge, necessitated tho appointment of n judge pro loin, while the mayor ! was absent. Mr. Kifort, president of tho council, naturally assumed tint i duties of tlio mayor. Ho insisted, i however, iu having an associate jus tico in tho person of Recorder Tel fcr, and ns a result violators' of the Ioaco and dignity of Medford now ,'must fnco two judges instead of one. j Tho easo Monday omrning was that , of T. .1, Bordeaux, n minor, who had Jboon guilty of disorderly conduct on tlio street. Tho ncoused plead guilty to tho chnrge and Judge lufcrt, after giving him somo good advice, fined bint $20, which wns paid. IW MSDVORD TOWN. (Atr. "in Juniclo Town.") Down In Modfonl town tlio boosters knocked n knocker down; Bore, ho hit the flour; they drowned his road; Oiern nro no more, lloontvrn singing cheers orn rlliKliiR Medford forwuril Roes: Novr slumping over Jumping how the city Grows) Koom for you, If you're true como to MeUfonU too. Chorus Down in Moilfonl town, where boosters boost, nnd never rooiit, Fifty thousand entor noses soon will smelt our Meitford roses, ml denr old Medford will lead the roast, nml lomlly boitst 11 fly thousand nineteen hundred twelve way down In Medford town. He-nttlo won't l iin effigy of this oily Krlsco'll have to kiss good-hyo to litis metropolis; 'Cro tho river to Vancouver, send our overflow: Then fifty thousand right hurn will YvnfMi rtlil Tnrrtmn rnwM Hour them sing, nit will slug Med font's the real, rent tliluK, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Murphy of Fu gle Point wero in Medford Mondaj on business. FOR S ALE Residence, at 70(5 S. Onkdalo avonue: houso ha.s oigjil rooms, besides pantry, closets, hall and bath; cement base ment 32 feet square, tile drained. Lot 80xl7fx Cement sidewalk in front and to house. Private driveway. j)loy in rear. For terms see on tho property. TUTTLE . SON The Southern Oregon Hospital IS NOW READY TO RECEIVE PATIENTS. YOUR CO-OPERATION IS RESPECTFULLY INVITED. VisitiiiR Hours 2 to 4 P. M. OFFICIAL HOSPITAL OF P. & E. RAILROAD. E. W. IIISEY, Matron nnd Solo Propriotor. PHONE MAIN 1361. 334 S. CENTRAL AVE., MEDFORD, OR. SOME in 1G acres Newtowns nnd Spitz apples, $M,000 easy terms; just ready to bear. 10 acres Newtown and Spitz apples, 4-year-old trees; $5000, easy terms. Several nice small tracts near town just coming in bearing. JACKSON COUNTY REALTY COMPANY 604 WEST TENTH STREET, OR 124 KING STREET. MEDFORD, OREGON 0H1CAC1O, Ills., dim. 21. "No meat for tin" is the motto of the Iiilornntlomil Amalgamation of Per ipatetic Pnupjrs who luivo gathered hero today for u week's convention. Scores of delegates have motored hern on the truck's of private box cars and tunny leading hohooes of tho country nro in nlteiiduiice. The first day of the convention was tak en up in tlio purely routinu mumier of getting various delegates out of tho county jail mid the city prisons in which they had been confined be cause of paralysis of the 'labor" portion of tbu brain. An executive committee meeting was culled Inst night hv J. Kads How, "Tho Millionaire Tramp," of ?. Louis,, chairman of tho convention. Tho committeemen were just begin ning their work when an unfortunate nnnouncunant of "coffee and sand wiches" caused a precipitate rush for tho lunch counter. It is snid that among the matters to emtio before the meeting will bo n resolution denouncing police depart ments of the country as 'enmhiun Hons" iu restraint of their trade. A movement for the abolition of free lunch counters alo will be de nounced. Notice. Tho Medford Builders' Supply Co., having tukuu over the Day's pinning mill plant, are now installing a drum sunder, which added to the already large number of machines, will make this undoubtedly the best eipiipped mill in southern Oregon. Ths.V in tend building a dry kiln iu the near future which will insure perfectly dry lumber at all times. They will employ only first-class workmen. Thoy will tunnufiictiiro screens, man tels, grill work, all kinds or ur" work, iusido finish, doors, sash, etc. Thoy invito an inspection of their mill and ask a chnnco to figure witli you on your work. Shop at prcesnt cor ner Ninth and Fir streuts, old stand of Day's Finning Mill. GOOD BUYS Real Estate 300 acres 1 1-2 miles north of Eagle Point, $18,000, easy terms. 200 acres south Eagle Point, $10,000t easy House, two lots, well locat ed; prico $1700. terms, improved. 293 acres near coal mines, $9000, easy terms. ON BY AKERS Nice fi-ninin modern houso, ulec trlo light, hath, four blocks from city pork, for one week at lilBRO, Olio C-roum bungalow, completed Fohriinry lfi; modern conveniences; well located; two blocks from puvo nlentl bargain nt I2200. M0O0 will handle It, One (l-rooui house, electric tights, eloso to sewer, half block from Main, (loud buy at HUGO. LOTS OF LOTS llnasoui.hli) p.cos. Wright & A 1 1 i u I2n Ess Main Htroot. BENSOFrS BARGAINS 120 acros in Sam's Valley, 10 miles from Medford, 0 miles from Gold Hill, QYi miles from Englo Point ; partly cleared, can all ho plowed; loss than 2 acres waste; wo nro offering this now at $30 per aero for quick sale; tonus. 10 acres, lfl miles north of Med ford, mile of Ilonglo; 8 aoroH cul tivated, -I acres in fruit trees from 2 to 10 yeara old; on 2 good county roads; small limine, barn, woodshed, vegetable house, liuuhoiise, 2 wells; this enn all ho easily cleared without n foot of wiiKtn laud; 2ft acres in closed with woven wire fence. Price $2100; terms. Let us rdiow you dome of our nud 10-acro tracts; those tracts nro at different stages of development, from raw laud to hearing orchard. If some of these, don't suit you, you nro indeed hard to suit. A ten-room house, south front, in desirable neighborhood, for $21 00 ensn. Also agents for the Sunny lltitto orchard tracts of ten acres, liopkin orchard. LOTS OF LOTS'. Our firm owns 100 dcsirnhlo resi dence lots. Wo are building house in each of these additions, Wo will sell them on the installment plan. The averago price of those lots Ik $2.10. Easy payments, $2fi down and J10 monthly. Wo auticipnto raising tlio prico of Iota whon n few more houses nro completed. We do nut hcliovu in hot-air arguments to sell property. For your pooketliook'rf sake, tako our tip. DO IT NOW. Wo hnvo recently moved to our now iiunrters ovor Fruitgrowcra' hank, auito 205-200. Phono fill. INSURANCE THAT INSURES. Wo handle no other kind. Fire, Plato Qlnss, Automobile Benson Investment Company Also city property, nearly two acres, with good buildings, well located, modern improvements. Price $5500. Two lots, fine location, $1500. Several acre tracts, fino lo cation to subdivido for lots for Bale. M